The present application belongs to the field of
catalysis technology, and relates to a short-branched
carbon nanotube /
alloy / carbon
fiber self-supporting catalytic
electrode material and a preparation method and application thereof. A cloth-like carbon
fiber is used as a three-dimensional skeleton, short-branched carbon nanotubes are connected to the surface of the three-dimensional skeleton through covalent bonds, and double-
metal alloy nanoparticles are embedded on the tube body of the short-branched carbon nanotubes, the length of the short-branched carbon nanotubes is 0.1-2.5 microns, and the double-
metal alloy nanoparticles are Co3Fe7 nanoparticles, Fe 0.64 Ni 0.36 nanoparticles or CoNi nanoparticles. The catalytic
electrode material provided by the present application can work efficiently and stably under strong alkaline conditions, and simultaneously has dual-function activity of ORR and OER. Experiments show that when the catalytic
electrode material is used as an anion exchange membrane water
electrolysis anode catalyst, it can be stably operated for a long time; when used as a flexible
zinc-air battery
cathode catalyst, its cycle life is better than that of a commercial
platinum-carbon and
ruthenium dioxide catalyst.